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    Quote Originally Posted by bawang View Post
    i still think its pretty weird john was openly proud of his daughter being pole dancing champion.
    Only because we tend to associate pole dancing with strippers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sanjuro_ronin View Post
    Only because we tend to associate pole dancing with strippers.
    That is where it started in North America. So, people are going to associate it with that.
    Besides, the Male version from India isn't going to bring in the crowds that scantily clad women will.
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    I decided to split this thread

    Here's the new one: Chinese-Pole-Dancing

    Because pole dancing deserves more than just one thread here on the KFM forum.
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    dated but post worthy

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    slightly OT

    POLE-DANCING SIXTH-GRADE TEACHER SUSPENDED AFTER VIDEO LEAKS
    BY EWAN PALMER ON 8/21/18 AT 6:57 AM

    A North Carolina teacher has been suspended after the school district where she worked came across a video of her taking in a pole-dancing class, according to reports.

    Kandice Mason, a teacher at West Hoke County Middle School, said she posted a video of her pole-dancing onto her private Facebook account. The video was somehow then seen by her employers.

    The sixth-grade teacher, who also works part-time as a pole-dancing instructor, said she received news of her suspension while she was preparing for the new school year.

    “I was really excited,” Mason told WSOC. “I had already been given my classroom.”

    Mason, who has a master's in psychology, bachelor's in English and a certificate in phlebotomy, said she pole-dances a form of exercise and to unwind.

    "That's how I stay in shape,” Mason said. “That's how I feel like I can express myself and have time for myself.”

    Mason said the school did not fully disclose why she has been suspended, with administrators only citing a policy that states: “As role models for the school system employees are responsible for their public conduct…even when they are not performing their job duties as employees of the school system,” reports ABC 7.


    A woman performs pole tricks during a Polepeople pole dancing class May 3, 2006 in London, England. Kandice Mason said she was suspended because the school district found out she's a part-time pole dancing instructor.
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    The single mother of two has criticized the school district for punishing her for taking part in a hobby in private.

    "I've worked so hard to try and make sure I can provide for my daughters and our livelihood to have it jeopardized just for doing something that I'm passionate about," said Mason.

    She added she is angry at whoever leaked the private video form her Facebook page to her employers.

    "It wasn't even like it was a parent or student that brought this up. It was someone that was being malicious and pretty much trying to make me out to be a bad person," she said.

    Despite the suspension, Mason said pole-dancing is still something she has “never felt ashamed" of doing.

    “It's just an art for me. I just don't see it as negative," Mason said.

    Hoke County Schools confirmed Mason has been suspended but did not specify why. In a statement, schools representative Donna Thomas said: "Kandice Mason has been suspended with pay pending an investigation."

    Her case could go before the Hoke County School Board, which would have the final on her employment.
    It's really a shame that pole dancing has been so tainted by strippers. It's a remarkable art form and can be very tasteful.
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    Presumptious.

    Pole Dancing isn't even a sport in consideration by the IOC. But it still might beat Wushu.

    VICTORY LAP (DANCE) Pole dancing officially made a sport and could now be included in the OLYMPICS
    Atheltes have to complete drug testing regimes and rigorous training and the sport could be set for the biggest stage in international sport
    Alex Terrell
    17 Oct 2017, 11:26Updated: 4 Feb 2020, 15:17

    POLE DANCING has been officially recognised as a proper sport – and now wants to make it into the OLYMPICS.

    The fitness activity, which has traditionally been associated with strip clubs, could now be set to be unveiled on the biggest stage in international sport.


    A pole dancer performs a trick with one arm holding the pole Credit: AFP

    Campaigner Katie Coates, 41, finally won her 11-year fight after the Global Association of International Sports Federation (GAISF) confirmed the activity would now be classed as a professional sport last week.

    Katie, president of the international pole sports federation (IPSF), is now aiming for it to become a part of the Olympic Games.

    She began the long road to getting pole dancing recognised as a sport in 2006, when she started a petition to get it into the Olympics which attracted more than 10,000 signatures.

    Katie said: "In the early 2000s people started doing it as fitness and taking away the sex stigma, so no high heels and making it accessible for average people.

    "Pole dancing is not like everyone thinks it is, you need to actually watch it to understand.


    International pole dancing has been ratified as an official sport Credit: International Pole Sports Federation


    Campaigner Katie Coates has taken a huge step in her 11-year fight to get pole dancing recognised as a sport Credit: International Pole Sports Federation

    "Competitions started but they were very amateur, with friends of friends doing the judging. My goal initially was to make it more professional.

    "I feel like we have achieved the impossible, everyone told us that we would not be able to get pole dancing recognised as a sport."

    After the success of the petition in 2006, Katie "dropped everything" and began working with the global pole dancing community to turn it into a sport.

    In 2009 the international pole sports federation was officially launched, with Katie as the president, and they held their first world championships in 2012 to coincide with the Olympics.


    A pole dancer clings upside down to the pole Credit: AFP


    Pole dancing has long been associated with gentlemen's clubsCredit: Alamy
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    Strip Down, Rise Up

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    Quote Originally Posted by GeneChing View Post
    Pole Dancing isn't even a sport in consideration by the IOC. But it still might beat Wushu.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bawang View Post
    why would you be proud of your child pole dancing? I don't get it.
    Because It's their dream. And as a father, you need to be proud and respectful of what your daughter/son achieved because It is a lifetime achievement.

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    I don't quite understand this...

    ...but I must post it here.

    Pole dancer voiced by Cynthia Nixon turns heads in Meatpacking District
    By Ian MohrJune 23, 2021 | 1:42pm

    Donna Carnow is seen dancing in a past performance.David Tufino / Instagram

    A pole dancer gyrating in a window turned heads in the Meatpacking District this week — but the spectacle was part of an experimental new play rather than a return to the area’s grittier days.

    As part of a new production called “Seven Deadly Sins,” a dancer appeared behind glass doing acrobatic moves including “splits, fan kicks and martini spins,” a source said.

    But it turned out that the dancer, Donna Carnow, was performing as part of a theater piece called “Lust” by playwright Bess Wohl.

    “Seven Deadly Sins” was originally performed in Miami, and audiences “rotate through seven uniquely designed storefronts” to experience each sin. The Manhattan version warns ticket holders that the show contains “mature content including nudity, adult language, simulated sex, simulated sexual violence, simulated sex work, and death.”

    Attendees get headphones to hear what’s going on behind the windows. For “Lust,” as Carnow pole dances, audiences hear her thoughts — some of which are unexpectedly mundane, such as going over a grocery list of, “eggs, milk, baby carrots and cucumbers … the little ones. Sliced turkey.”


    Cynthia Nixon, pictured here in 2020, has lent her voice to a racy new theater project.
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    Spies said that guests at a recent dress rehearsal before the show launched this week raised eyebrows when they recognized the voice in their headphones during the pole-dancing routine as sounding familiar. “Is that … Cynthia Nixon?” a guest correctly exclaimed, putting together that the narration is by the “Sex and the City” star.

    Turns out that Nixon was “asked by longtime pal and the production’s director, Moisés Kaufman, to voice the pole dancer role, and she’d recorded the audio last week to help support one of the first live theater experience to open in New York since the pandemic,” a source told Page Six.

    Even without hearing the audio, “a group of kids on their way to their prom dinner — in full prom dress, with corsages and tuxedos — stopped to take pictures,” a source said.

    Meanwhile, “a tourist walking by with his wife compared it to Amsterdam’s ‘red-light district,’ and a Meatpacking District resident noted, ‘We haven’t had something like this in the area for a long time,'” the witness related.

    The limited engagement is playing through July 18, but sales are strong enough that it might be extended, we hear.

    The show’s writers include Ngozi Anyanwu, Thomas Bradshaw, MJ Kaufman, Moisés Kaufman, Jeffrey LaHoste and Ming Peiffer.

    Nixon is also currently starring in HBO Max’s upcoming “Sex and the City” reboot. Carnow is a choreographer, performer and pole champion.
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    This is urgent

    Slightly OT for our Cirque-du-Soleil-auditioning-for-martial-artists because pole dancing is not a martial art...

    Job Title: Urgent Casting Call: High Level Pole Dance specialist
    Discipline: Other Talents
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    Urgent Casting Call: Hight Level Pole Dance Specialist

    The Cirque du Soleil Casting team is looking for a high level female Pole Dance specialist to play in our touring show.

    Role: Pole Dancer:

    The artist will be expected to perform Pole Dance act in the show as well as contribute to other acrobatic and dance acts throughout the show.
    Location: European Big Top Tour.

    Duration of contract: 1 year contract starting February 2022.

    Character traits:

    Female;
    18 years old or older;
    Excellent physical condition.
    Requirements:

    Strong technical skills in Pole Dance with a good flexibility and strenght
    Experience in Pole Dance - Very high level only (example: Finalist of international competitions or similar events/experiences);
    Ability to portray character’s traits;
    Good movement, dance and acting abilities;

    Team Player.


    Submissions instructions

    If you meet these requirements, please submit your application, including:

    Your resumé;
    Two photos max (one headshot and one full-body shot);
    Video excerpts of the following elements:
    A maximum one-minute presentation to the camera (full body shot in fitted clothing): tell us your name, general background and the reasons for your interest in joining Cirque du Soleil.

    Recent footage of your Pole Dance performace (we are looking for a very high technical level, dynamic style and sequences, strong acrobatic tricks on the floor)

    Please note, that preselected candidates might be asked to film a specific video later in the selection process.

    Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, January 5, 2022.

    Important information:

    All complete profiles (including a resumé/CV, photos and demo video) will be evaluated by a talent scout from the Casting team. Only selected candidates will be contacted.
    General terms and conditions of applying online:

    The profile information of candidates will be used by Cirque du Soleil and its partners;

    The material submitted by candidates will not be returned;

    The material of candidates who are not selected may be destroyed by the Casting team;

    By applying online, candidates who submit their material via links to demo videos agree that Casting will extract material from these links if necessary to add it to the candidate’s profile;

    Applications may be considered for one or more roles in all our current shows and upcoming creations.
    We can’t wait to discover your talent! Thank you for your interest in Cirque du Soleil.
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